The Effects of Transnational Municipal Networks on Urban Climate Politics in the Global South

Stehle, Fee; Höhne, Chris; Hickmann, Thomas; Lederer, Markus

doi:10.1017/9781108632157.012

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“…In fact, most local governments have limited institutional capacities and financial resources for addressing sustainability (Stehle, Hickmann, Lederer, & Höhne, 2020;Wang, Hawkins, Lebredo, & Berman, 2012). In many cities of the global South where national governments face serious budgetary limitations, effective sustainability actions depend on external funding provided by international agencies or bilateral donors (Nagendra et al, 2018;Stehle, Höhne, Hickmann, & Lederer, 2019). Moreover, urban sustainability initiatives are in many countries hampered by uncoordinated and partly overlapping responsibilities within local government (Cugurullo, 2018;Homsy, 2018) as well as by vested interests, especially in the energy, transportation, or land-use sectors (Elsässer, Hickmann, & Stehle, 2018).…”

Section: Vertical Integration and Involvement In International Conferencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a similar vein, authors have shown that the actual effects of such networks and alliances in terms of climate change mitigation are very limited which applies to networks and alliances located in the global South and in the global North (Bansard, Pattberg, & Widerberg, 2017;Stehle et al, 2019). They are essentially not drivers for urban sustainability and low-carbon development, but work rather as catalyst for enhanced action in cities with certain prerequisites, while their general impact is rather low due to persistent budgetary and institutional capacity constraints.…”

Section: Transnational Network and Alliancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Locating Cities and Their Governments in Multi-Level Sustainability Governance

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Cities and their governments are increasingly recognized as important actors in global sustainability governance. With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, their role in the global endeavor to foster sustainability has once again been put in the spotlight. Several scholars have highlighted pioneering local strategies and policies to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and render urban areas more sustainable. However, the question of how such urban sustainability actions are embedded in complex interactions between public and private actors operating at different levels has not been studied in enough detail. Building upon a multi-level governance approach, this article explores the entanglement and interconnectedness of cities and local governments with actors and institutions at various levels and scales to better capture the potential and limitations of urban policymaking contributing to global sustainability. The article finds that on the one hand cities and their governments are well positioned to engage other actors into a policy dialogue. On the other hand, local authorities face considerable budgetary and institutional capacity constraints, and they heavily rely on support from actors at other governmental levels and societal scales to carry out effective sustainability actions in urban areas.

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“…• Facilitating case studies/pilot project-sharing such as the UCCRN ARC3 Case Study Docking Station 47 ; peer-to-peer learning 39,41,48 ; and city-to-city learning and cooperation 49,50 .…”

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Accelerating climate research and action in cities through advanced science-policy-practice partnerships

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Cities have become increasingly recognized as key sites for climate research and action. Recently, these efforts have been significantly advanced through science-policy-practice partnerships. The objective of this paper is to assess how these partnerships are structured, the research and action agenda that underpins them, and how this agenda is being articulated and implemented. The assessment also helps to define some of the conceptual and operational gaps faced by the science-policy-practice community and how they can be addressed. The work evaluates the critical conditions for promoting these advances including the definition and fulfillment of knowledge needs, the integration of different perspectives and approaches, establishment of pathways to finance the urban climate research and action community, and creation and promotion of new partnerships. The paper concludes with a series of strategies and recommendations for how targeted policy adjustments can accelerate and support the production of actionable knowledge and this integrated researcher-policymaker-practitioner community.

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“…Recently, we have witnessed the emergence of large umbrella organisations such as the Compact of Mayors and the European Union's Covenant of Mayors which merged with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in 2016 (Kona, Bertoldi, Monforti-Ferrario, Rivas, & Dallemand, 2018). However, from a more critical stance, scholars have questioned climate actions promoted by TCNs, arguing that changing local realities and a lack of inclusion in their composition may limit the sustainability of their impact (Acuto & Rayner, 2016;Stehle et al, 2019).…”

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Urban Climate Politics in Emerging Economies: A Multi-Level Governance Perspective

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Several scholars have pointed to the increasing salience of cities in the global endeavour to reduce dangerous climate change to 1.5°C. However, we still lack systematic comparative analyses on how urban climate initiatives evolve in different political-administrative systems of countries in the Global South and what role transnational city networks play in that context. This question is specifically important with regard to the role of cities in contributing to reaching the targets of the Paris Agreement. Against this backdrop, this article explores the vertical and horizontal integration of cities’ climate actions in the multi-level climate governance landscapes in Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa. We contend that while transnational city networks provide significant support to cities in some cases, their tools and practices can only reach their full potential where they encounter committed local administrations and when they are not constrained by domestic political-administrative and economic factors.

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The Effects of Transnational Municipal Networks on Urban Climate Politics in the Global South

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

Locating Cities and Their Governments in Multi-Level Sustainability Governance

Locating Cities and Their Governments in Multi-Level Sustainability Governance

Accelerating climate research and action in cities through advanced science-policy-practice partnerships

Urban Climate Politics in Emerging Economies: A Multi-Level Governance Perspective

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